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Brenda Peterson is an American novelist and nature writer, author of 17 books, including a New York Times “Notable Book of the Year,” Duck and Cover. Her new novel, The Drowning World, a YA crossover fantasy/sci-fi is just out. Peterson's work has appeared in The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Christian Science Monitor, Seattle Times, Utne Reader, Orion, and Oprah magazines. Peterson's first memoir, Build Me an Ark: A Life with Animals, was chosen as a “Best Spiritual Book of 2001,” and was translated into Chinese. Her non-fiction books include Living by Water and the National Geographic book Sightings: The Gray Whale’s Mysterious Journey. She lives in Seattle on the Salish Sea.